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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
abject
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
absolute
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absolutely
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From this reading "Signor Padrone!" cried the man whose appearance was so absolutely bewildering.
alive
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From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
amazement
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Signor Padrone!" cried the man whose appearance was so absolutely bewildering.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
bewildering
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From this reading "Signor Padrone!" cried the man whose appearance was so absolutely bewildering.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
caught
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From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
cold
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
COUNTER-CLAIM
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Signor Padrone!" cried the man whose appearance was so absolutely bewildering.
customer
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From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
detective
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From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "How did you find me here?
discovered
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From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
dropped
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From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
Dumfries
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entry
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From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
evidently
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From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
eye
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From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
faced
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
find
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From this reading "How did you find me here?
furnished
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From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
gray
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "How did you find me here?
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
How
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From this reading "How did you find me here?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
LIFE'S
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
like
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From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
living
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From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
lying
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
man
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "How did you find me here?
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
mortuary
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
now
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From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
Olinto
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From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
Padrone
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From this reading "Signor Padrone!" cried the man whose appearance was so absolutely bewildering.
paper
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From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
photograph
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From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
sat
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From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
seen
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Signor
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From this reading "Signor Padrone!" cried the man whose appearance was so absolutely bewildering.
slab
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Signor Padrone!" cried the man whose appearance was so absolutely bewildering.
staring
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From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
stone
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Signor Padrone!" cried the man whose appearance was so absolutely bewildering.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading "Signor Padrone!" cried the man whose appearance was so absolutely bewildering.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The detective had evidently been furnished with a photograph of the dead man, and now, like myself, discovered him alive and living.
wonderment
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From this reading My eye caught the customer who, on the entry of Olinto, had dropped his paper and sat staring at him in wonderment.
words
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From this reading LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortuary at Dumfries.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How did you find me here?
